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Lim Tze Peng

PROFILE

Lim Tze Peng 林子平

​Singapore

Lim Tze Peng

Lim Tze Peng, artist, winner of the Cultural Medallion in 2003, is best known for the significant number of Chinese ink drawings and paintings of Chinatown and the Singapore River during the early 1980s when urban redevelopment focused on these two areas. Having a solid foundation in Chinese philosophy, art and culture, he also practised Chinese calligraphy.

 

His innovative expressions in his mastery of the Chinese ink and his development in calligraphy, particularly, his invention of 'HU TU ZI' 糊涂字 (muddled calligraphy) is impressive to behold.

国宝级艺术家林子平于2003年获得新加坡文化奖。80年初期,在城市重建的规划下,他因画了牛车水和新加坡河这个两个地区的大量水墨画作品而闻名。他在哲学、艺术与文化方面有着扎实的基础,尤其醉心于中国书法。

 

他在中国水墨画和书法方面建构起新的视觉表达形式,尤其是他的 「糊涂字」令人留下深刻的印象。

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS


1970      

- Solo Exhibition, Singapore


1991      

- Lim Tze Peng Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy 

Exhibition, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore 

2016

- ArtSafe Pte Ltd, Singapore

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS


1977      

- Royal Overseas League Exhibition, England
 

1978      

- Singapore Historical Monuments Exhibition, Singapore

- Singapore Artists Group Exhibition, Moscow       
                       

1980      

- Fifth Festival of Asian Art, Hong Kong


1981      

- Singapore Calligraphy Exhibition


1982      

- Seventh International Artists Art Exhibition, Taiwan   

           

1986      

- Eighth International Artists Art Exhibition, Singapore

               
1987      

- Three-man Art Exhibition, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan


1988      

- France Salon Exhibition, Palais, France
 

1989      

- New York Art Expo  89, New York

- First BruSin Art Exhibition ’89, Brunei
 

1990      

- Society of Chinese Artists Annual Art Exhibition, Singapore

- Singapore Art Society Annual Art Exhibition, Singapore

- The Senior Citizen Calligraphy and Painting  Society  Art Exhibition, Singapore    

- Chinese Calligraphy Society of Singapore Art Exhibition, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore      

                                          

1991      

- Singapore Art Fair , World Trade Centre, Singapore

- International Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition, Beijing, China

 

1993

- Art in Asia, Singapore Arts Fair 1993, Shenn’s Fine Art, Singapore

- International Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition, Beijing, China

 

2006      

- 5th International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

 

2016

- ArtSafe Pte Ltd, Singapore


 

AWARDS

  • National Day Award (IPPA), Singapore

  • Special Prize, Commonwealth Art Exhibition, London, England  

  • National Day Award (PBM), Singapore

  • Cultural Medallion, Singapore

  • Meritorious Service Award, Singapore

 

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

  • Nanyang University Art Museum, Singapore

  • Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Singapore 

  • United Overseas Bank Group, Singapore

  • IBM Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore

FEATURED COLLECTION

Lim Tze Peng

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